André Kosters / Lusa
The governor of Banco de Portugal, Mário Centeno
Customer CAIXA GENERAL DE DEPOSITS, Novo Banco, Santander, BCP and BPI and Activobank were targeted. There were no transfers.
Banco de Portugal confirmed that customers of the largest banks operating in the country – Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Novo Banco, Santander, BCP, BPI and Activobank – were the target of illegal access to your data.
Illegal access, confirmed by Banco de Portugal to radio, was carried out through the homebanking.
This access would aim to use a transfer system created by Banco de Portugal – but No transfer or other financial operation was performed.
The bank’s governor office, Mário Centeno, admitted that, in this case, there was a “fragility” that allowed “Malicious users” could “obtain the They were complete of customers ”.
Users simulated transfers through the system SPIN – It is a Banco de Portugal platform that simplifies the sending of money: asks for a mobile phone number or the taxpayer number.
Customers They were not harmed financially and all were informed by the banks.
Still according to the Renaissance, the responsible for this illegal access have already been identified.
Banco de Portugal repeats the Notice: Banks should not disclose personal information, access credentials, or codes that the bank supposedly sends to the mobile phone.
